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Posted: 1/14/2021 9:51:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you aren't taking it off road, the Grom will probably serve you better and has a passenger seat. I've had a Grom for a number of years, it's a credible motorcycle that I enjoy a great deal for riding around my lake community. I would expect the Monkey to me much the same but maybe a little slower up top because of the tire tread-these bikes make only about 9hp so the acceleration from 45 to 55 isn't all that brisk. A Grom will do 62mph with a clean haircut and a lot of flat ground but is pretty much done accelerating at 55mph. Plenty of oomph to get you and a passenger around on 45mph roads. But I have to say, you can buy a hell of a lot of used bike for the kind of money you'd spend on a Monkey. These smaller bikes are a riot around town, but sooner or later your adventures start to get a little larger and they fall out of their element. Not too many people want to do a weekend trip on a Grom or Monkey. Rally Raid is starting to make kits for them now. :) |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 9:52:54 PM EDT
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Be better off with a Dual Sport. KLR type. Used 650 or Super Sherpa. Easier to control, take off road and resale will be easier if you don't like it.
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Posted: 1/14/2021 9:53:01 PM EDT
[#3]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Do your feet even reach the ground on that? And those chicks are laughing at you, not with you.  |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 9:55:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryLolz... These guys did moar https://youtu.be/dgY-dgEjkj4 |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 9:55:55 PM EDT
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Friend of the family's wifes rides one. She wears a yellow safety vest on it. If that's your style, go for it!
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Posted: 1/14/2021 9:56:24 PM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryYup! |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 10:04:38 PM EDT
[#7]
Looks like Honda dusted off some plans from the ‘70s.
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Posted: 1/14/2021 10:25:08 PM EDT
[#8]
I would look like a monkey humping a football on that thing
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Posted: 1/14/2021 10:37:10 PM EDT
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OP's going to die on mini bike
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Posted: 1/14/2021 10:45:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Get a supermoto. This. I’ve ridden Groms and Monkey bikes and they’re fun for a little while. A little while. A supermoto is fun all the fucking time, |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 10:49:19 PM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This. I’ve ridden Groms and Monkey bikes and they’re fun for a little while. A little while. A supermoto is fun all the fucking time, I'm seriously thinking of getting a 2020 Husky Vitpilen. Trading in my Tiger 955i. |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 10:49:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: looks like $4k. Why? I have a cheap 300cc bike that I’ll use to commute 15-20 miles.. but if you’re only going ~3-4 miles why drop $4,000? Buy a bicycle and reap the cost savings and health benefits. |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 10:57:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: First I would say not for an only bike. But I would buy the new trail 125 (whatever it’s called) or the Honda super cub first.  Super Cub! ......film trailer 1 |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:00:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 5’10”. 170 lbs. I’ve been riding motorcycles since I was 10 (I’m 30 now) and have/had plenty of bikes over the years and this is by far the most fun and least high-maintenance. Have you ridden a grom? How does it compare? |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:01:41 PM EDT
[#15]
Why not just get yourself a Moped .
gd |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:03:00 PM EDT
[#16]
KLX230. $4600 MSRP if you don't have to have ABS...
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:05:27 PM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryI love the Monkey and the new Trail 125 is both excellent and cool, but this Yamaha is a great bike that goes anywhere and you get a little more grunt with the 200cc engine. |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:06:11 PM EDT
[#18]
What's old is new again,
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:12:20 PM EDT
[#19]
 I just picked up a scooter like this one. The wife unit isn't to excited. From everything I've read, it's not supposed to be my first bike. 
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:14:33 PM EDT
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Do it! I had the original 50cc Monkey back in ‘72. Dad brought it home from Japan in his duffle bags on a C-141. It’s a little easier when you’re the Loadmaster.
I want one of these in a real bad way, but just no where or no time to enjoy it. |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:15:45 PM EDT
[#21]
So its like the old Trail 70 grew up and cost $4000.
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:16:06 PM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.2040motos.com%2F_content%2Fcars%2Fimages%2F71%2F258371%2F003.jpg&f=1&nofb=1 I just picked up a scooter like this one. The wife unit isn't to excited. From everything I've read, it's not supposed to be my first bike. Its a solid first bike. not the best, but certainly not the worst. I would have gone with the 48. |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:18:56 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So its like the old Trail 70 grew up and cost $4000. I miss my childhood and riding around in huge orchards on an old honda trail 70. Mom got drunk one night and decided she wanted to impress my neighbors by whiskey throttleing it all the way into a tractor tire. I remember all i could think about was my chrome fender. Didnt check on mom. Just couldnt believe what she had done to my fender. |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:21:52 PM EDT
[#24]
Only worth it if the chick in the OP pic is part of the deal.
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:29:50 PM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Its a solid first bike. not the best, but certainly not the worst. I would have gone with the 48. I like the 48 looks better. But I like the mid controls on mine so far(stock pic has forward controls) and taller bars. I'm in my 50's, so comfort is ahead of looks at this stage in life. Otherwise I would have a 48 bobber style. Or a Cafe Sporty. A friend made me a hell of a deal too. $2500
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:33:09 PM EDT
[#26]
Looks like my old Honda 50 I had when I was a kid. I think the name monkey is gay though.
Is it still a 3spd with no clutch? |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:40:06 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So its like the old Trail 70 grew up and cost $4000. No. It’s like the old 50cc Monkey grew up and costs $4000 Monkey was the street version sold in Japan. the US market got the Trail 50 without turn signals and with knobby tires. |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:46:52 PM EDT
[#28]
I ride a Kawasaki version of the Grom, it's much easier to get on and off than my Yamaha XT 225.
The XT is a lot easier to get on and off than the XL 250 I sometimes ride. The Africa Twin I get to ride is taller and more difficult than the previous bikes. For around the neighborhood and short trips to the store the Grom size bike is my choice. BTW, I'm 74, so tall bikes seem to be getting taller every year. That said, the Africa Twin has a really nice throb feeling and great torque. The Van Van and TW 200 are great fun. The TW is supposed to be lower than the XT, but it sure doesn't seem that way to me. Scooters are great for short trips and they carry stuff really well. |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:50:08 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I like the 48 looks better. But I like the mid controls on mine so far(stock pic has forward controls) and taller bars. I'm in my 50's, so comfort is ahead of looks at this stage in life. Otherwise I would have a 48 bobber style. Or a Cafe Sporty. A friend made me a hell of a deal too. $2500 Im shorter, so ride height is an issue for me, and i can put both feet down on the 48. Not so for the sportster. That ultimately would have been my deciding factor, and almost was recently. Still on the fence. I think ill likely get a zero instead moving forward. I like electric. |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 12:23:00 AM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No. It’s like the old 50cc Monkey grew up and costs $4000 Monkey was the street version sold in Japan. the US market got the Trail 50 without turn signals and with knobby tires. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: So its like the old Trail 70 grew up and cost $4000. No. It’s like the old 50cc Monkey grew up and costs $4000 Monkey was the street version sold in Japan. the US market got the Trail 50 without turn signals and with knobby tires. Seems more like the old Monkey stayed the exact same size but got electric start and disc brakes, so more complicated/expensive for no real reason. I mean seriously, if you need electric start on a 49cc Honda I highly doubt you would then possess the strength to actually ride it I could start my Z50 before I could fully retract the charging handle to load an AR. |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 12:24:57 AM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Seems more like the old Monkey stayed the exact same size but got electric start and disc brakes, so more complicated/expensive for no real reason. I mean seriously, if you need electric start on a 49cc Honda I highly doubt you would then possess the strength to actually ride it I could start my Z50 before I could fully retract the charging handle to load an AR. I would take both upgrades on any bike. Especially as a commuter. Can never go wrong with superior brakes in traffic, and electric start is great, especially for new riders, in the event that they kill their motor in traffic. |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 1:06:58 AM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Seems more like the old Monkey stayed the exact same size but got electric start and disc brakes, so more complicated/expensive for no real reason. I mean seriously, if you need electric start on a 49cc Honda I highly doubt you would then possess the strength to actually ride it I could start my Z50 before I could fully retract the charging handle to load an AR. This post is as clueless as most of the people posting in here. The new Monkey is almost double the size of the old 50cc Monkey. The new Monkey is also a 125cc with fuel injection, electric start, and disc brakes/abs. Edit to add: the new Monkey is also 4spd manual. Go read the specs on Honda’s website people. |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 1:10:09 AM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Why not just buy a grom if you want to look like a weirdo who makes poor life choices? if you want to look like someone who makes poor life choices you'd buy a new pickup truck at 55K or more |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 1:43:45 AM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Why not just buy a grom if you want to look like a weirdo who makes poor life choices? Saw a 'kid' leaving the local Community College about a mile from my house on a Grom. Followed him toward home and then laughed my @ss of as he hit the steep hill around the corner, his speed rapidly diminished to Warp -10 and he had to foot paddle to get it up the hill. I hate those goofy little POS's. |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 1:56:21 AM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryHoly hell when I saw op's location and the bike I thought the same thing! 
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Posted: 1/15/2021 2:03:55 AM EDT
[#36]
I saw one the other day and it was pretty freaking awesome.
3.5 miles, I’d go sit on that and then I’d go check out a used grom on Facebook marketplace or craigslist first. There’s a ton of them for sale. I would have a grom right now except I don’t want to get run over by some high school girl texting her boyfriend while driving.... |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 2:11:20 AM EDT
[#37]
wtf, looks like one half of a powered rollerblade set
Quoted: tell me about the monkey bike. thinking of using for my 3.5 mile commute to work. http://ridermagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Honda-Monkey-2.jpg Goddamn OP, get your big ass a proper bicycle or a fun little jeep or something. Quoted: Quoted: Why not just buy a grom if you want to look like a weirdo who makes poor life choices? Saw a 'kid' leaving the local Community College about a mile from my house on a Grom. Followed him toward home and then laughed my @ss of as he hit the steep hill around the corner, his speed rapidly diminished to Warp -10 and he had to foot paddle to get it up the hill. I hate those goofy little POS's. 
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Posted: 1/15/2021 2:15:30 AM EDT
[#38]
 Failed To Load Title 1,000 Miles in Baja on Honda Monkeys |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 2:17:10 AM EDT
[#39]
Why not? Guys do walk down the streets these days holding hands too. So why can't you too!
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Posted: 1/15/2021 2:19:22 AM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Saw a 'kid' leaving the local Community College about a mile from my house on a Grom. Followed him toward home and then laughed my @ss of as he hit the steep hill around the corner, his speed rapidly diminished to Warp -10 and he had to foot paddle to get it up the hill. I hate those goofy little POS's. You might have seen something but it wasn’t a Grom in proper running condition. |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 2:53:23 AM EDT
[#41]
That new trail 125 looks fun. I’ll have to check one of those out this spring.
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Posted: 1/15/2021 3:46:36 AM EDT
[#42]
I learned to ride on a Honda mini trail 50 (my Dad got some very stern looks Mom when he brought it home, I was 5 yrs old) a very long time ago. Even after I moved on to bigger bikes my dad used the little Honda for years to check cattle and tool around the farm. After seeing this post I may go get a Monkey just for the heck of it.
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Posted: 1/15/2021 3:58:43 AM EDT
[#43]
My uncle had a honda trail 90. My cousin and I would ride it all over the back roads. A few years ago I was interested in getting a honda Ruckus bud changed my mind.
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Posted: 1/15/2021 4:01:58 AM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Why not just buy a grom if you want to look like a weirdo who makes poor life choices? Different strokes for different folks. The Monkey appeals more to hipsters. |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 4:05:06 AM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This post is as clueless as most of the people posting in here. The new Monkey is almost double the size of the old 50cc Monkey. The new Monkey is also a 125cc with fuel injection, electric start, and disc brakes/abs. Edit to add: the new Monkey is also 4spd manual. Go read the specs on Honda’s website people. Was gonna tag you. I haven't seen you on IG in a while. |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 4:33:12 AM EDT
[#46]
Yamaha V-Star 250
Appears to be a bit bigger but still very easy to put both you feet down (at least that's my understanding) has a bit of a retro look. It's a 320 pound bike, so it's light. But it's going to have a lot more ability. I mean, your commute could be done on a bike really easy, so it's a very low bar, but there's going to be times when you want to go a bit further than 3 miles (or whatever) and this should give you just a ton more.  |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 5:33:54 AM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No way I'd pay almost 5k for a bike that has been made for what, 25 years, when there are so many low miles used ones on the market. They hold their value like crazy |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 6:06:10 AM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They're like fat girls, fun to ride, but you wouldn't want your friends to see you on one. 
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Posted: 1/15/2021 6:10:55 AM EDT
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Does it come stock with Ohlins ?
It does look like a bike millennials get because they are afraid of a real motorcycle, or hipsters get because they think it's cool. |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 6:40:12 AM EDT
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